NP - Fighting the Forces of Invisibility

[David Morris]

Yes.  But the "oil for food" was a partial step in that direction, intended 
to preserve lives while still isolating Iraq.  Now, of course, we (some of 
us) wish we'd marched in to Iraq and taken out Saddam, but I remember fear 
of a resulting power vacuum would likely have been filled by Iran.  At this 
point it seems that might not have been so bad.  But who knows?...

>From: "Dan Jizzenberry"
>
>>>>>I agree with much of what you've said here. However, the crime is not 
>>>>>in attempting to oust Saddam through a painful embargo, but in 
>>>>>realizing that the siege of Iraq has failed and refusing to put an end 
>>>>>to it immediately. It's not quite murder, but it could be construed as 
>>>>>torture. If the American government realizes that their embargo is a 
>>>>>failure (and who's to say that they do or don't) then shouldn't they 
>>>>>put an end to it and try something else?

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